PDA for notetaking

notneo · 17th February 2008, 12:59 PM

Hey guys, I'm looking to get a PDA which may or may not have an inbuilt phone, with the main objective to take notes with a fold out keyboard at uni.

What are people's experience, is it a worthwhile avenue?

Any advice or options would be great.

Cheers

Payload · 17th February 2008, 3:40 PM

Not a fan of PDA's myself and they start to loose their portability once you get your fold out keyboard etc.

If you want something ultra portable and relatively cheap i'd suggest the eee PC from asus.

Nice and small and portable.. not as small as a PDA but it has all the functions of a laptop.

Just another idea to throw into the mix since they come in at a bit under $500 which is probably what you'd spend on a PDA.

Gierke · 17th February 2008, 4:14 PM

pen and paper or full scale laptop imo

I hate uber-small keyboards, such as those on the eeepc, but that may just be me.

Rmack · 17th February 2008, 5:05 PM

You could try something like THIS Pen and paper is faster than a keyboard.

We uses them at my work for the service staff and they work great.

notneo · 18th February 2008, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Payload

If you want something ultra portable and relatively cheap i'd suggest the eee PC from asus.

I had a look at these at Officeworks and played around with the keyboard a bit. I'm used to my ergonomic keyboard and since it's so small I made way too many mistakes to make it worthwhile.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rmack

You could try something like THIS Pen and paper is faster than a keyboard.

We uses them at my work for the service staff and they work great.

Looks interesting although I think I type quicker on a keyboard than with a pen.

17th February 2008, 12:59 PM	#1
notneo (Taking a Break) Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 171	PDA for notetaking Hey guys, I'm looking to get a PDA which may or may not have an inbuilt phone, with the main objective to take notes with a fold out keyboard at uni. What are people's experience, is it a worthwhile avenue? Any advice or options would be great. Cheers

17th February 2008, 3:40 PM	#2
Payload Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Perth Posts: 341	Not a fan of PDA's myself and they start to loose their portability once you get your fold out keyboard etc. If you want something ultra portable and relatively cheap i'd suggest the eee PC from asus. Nice and small and portable.. not as small as a PDA but it has all the functions of a laptop. Just another idea to throw into the mix since they come in at a bit under $500 which is probably what you'd spend on a PDA. __________________ Asus P5B-E motherboard \| Quad Core Q6600 2.4ghz OC to 3.2ghz ( 356x9 ) @ 1.41v with Zalman CNPS9700 NT air cooler \| 2gb Corsair XMS2-6400 RAM 4-4-4-12 @ 890mhz @ 2.15v \| Inno3D 8800GTS OC to 620/819 \| Thermaltake Toughpower 600W PSU \| 250GB Western Digital HDD and 2x Seagate 250gb in RAID 0 \| 2 Samsung SATA DVD drives \| 3Dmark06 Score: 11692 \|

17th February 2008, 4:14 PM	#3
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17th February 2008, 5:05 PM	#4
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